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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Guest author Deborah Court

Please welcome romance author Deborah Court

Step into my World

By Deborah Court

Before I started to write myself,
I worked as an editor and translator of romance novels. It was the job of my
dreams, since I've always enjoyed reading, and this gave me not only the
opportunity to enjoy many books from different genres, but also enabled me to
get to know how they are structured, what is elemental to a story. More
importantly, I learned what readers expect from a book. A plot and interesting
characters are elementary, but the real challenge for a good story is that it's
supposed to take the reader into another world for the entire length of it,
starting from page one.

It's all about escapism. God
knows we need it nowadays, especially young people who struggle with getting a
decent education and a career, or hard-working mothers who run their families
like a tireless, multi-tasking robot each day. They have a job, loads of
housework, take care of their children and elderly family members while they
often neglect their own wishes and needs. I have learned that those women are
my most faithful readers; they give me incredible, heartwarming feedback. "Thank
you for helping me escape for a while," is something I often read in my
readers' messages, and to me as a writer, it's the biggest compliment
imaginable.

But is escapism a good or bad
thing? (Naturally, escape can also be experienced through watching movies, TV
shows or other forms of entertainment, but being an author, I'd like to talk
about books for now.) There are people who'd argue that such avid readers
prefer to live in their own worlds - or, in the case of a fiction book, in a
world a writer created for them. But this world, whether it's fantastic or very
close to reality, lingers on in their minds long after they finish reading; it
feeds their own inner world, the childlike part of their soul that's still able
to be in utter awe of a breathtaking sight, believing that whatever they are
craving for can actually happen. Sometimes astonishing creativity blooms after
readers lose themselves in a compelling story - there are myriads of talented fan
fiction writers and artists online who got motivated by a book they
particularly liked in the first place.

Now this can't possibly be a bad
thing, can it? Don't have a bad conscience if you like to escape for a while. We
all need to from time to time. You've earned your own private fantasy, and it
will give you renewed strength to face life when you need to get out of bed in
the morning. Because the world you found in a book will linger inside you,
still filling you with joyous wonder and hope long after you turned the last
page.

*****

Deborah Court, author of the bestselling epic fantasy romance,
"Bound to the Prince", lives in a picturesque European small town. A
health professional by day, at night she loves to write romances about elven
warriors of deadly beauty, capable of making a woman die from sheer pleasure -
or stories to awaken the deepest, most secret fantasies of her readers.

Jade, a small town girl who has
recently moved to New York to become a professional ballet dancer, is wildly determined
to lose her virginity. She goes to a Lower East Side club and celebrates her
birthday with friends - fully intending to choose the most handsome,
charismatic man she'll meet there to introduce her to the art of love that
night. Instantly she falls for the tall blond Swedish sex god who owns the
club, pretending to be a pole dancer who wants to apply for a job. But Alrik
has secrets of his own, and soon Jade gets entangled in a web of danger,
mystery and relentless passion ...

Excerpt:

"So beautiful," he
said, and his deep, rich voice sent shivers down her spine. "I still
wonder if I should take advantage of this situation. After all, you're just a
girl who wanted to find herself a lover tonight." He laughed to himself as
he bowed down to her, moving his body over hers. Resting his weight on his
elbows, his skin was just inches away from Jade's, nearly covering her. She
only needed to arch her back, and her breasts would graze his skin.

Holding her captive with his
pale, clear eyes, he stared down at her. "You can't even imagine how much
I'd like to take you now." When she gasped, he continued. "Look at
you. You want it, too, don't you, Jade? This is what you came here for."

Desperate with want, she closed
her eyes, unable to speak a word. Suddenly, she felt his breath on the
sensitive side of her neck, and she involuntarily tilted her head to the side
to give him better access. Then, his lips were on her, leaving a searing mark
on her skin. She moaned when she felt his tongue, barely touching as if he only
wanted to taste her. A soft moan escaped her when he covered her neck with more
of his sinful kisses, alternating with gentle bites that made her finally give
up, yielding to his seduction.

The knowledge of being bound and helpless excited her more than she would have
expected, and she turned her head to look into his eyes, ready to beg him if he
wanted it. She found that the expression of his eyes wasn't cold anymore, but
seemed to burn with a fire that threatened to destroy her.

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